I am the DeafBlind Potter
God, why did You make me this way?
The moment I started asking that question was the moment life began to unravel. Hearing loss, vision loss, addiction, and dark seasons all collided at once.
My name is Kelvin Crosby, and it took my life spinning out of control and a full restart before I was willing to let go of the pain. That’s when God began shaping my life into something new. That journey is what taught me how to live beyond my challenges — and how God could use pottery as part of His plan.
In the Hands of the Almighty Potter
When we allow the Almighty Potter to shape our lives, He often starts with the hard things. On the wheel, pressure isn’t comfortable, but it’s what turns a lump of clay into something beautiful.
I didn’t understand that kind of pain at first. I had already lost vision in my left eye, and four years later I lost vision in my right. That’s when I learned what it really feels like to stay on the wheel when everything in you wants to pull away.
We all face challenges in this thing called life. But we’re not facing them alone. When we stay in the hands of the Almighty Potter, He uses even the hardest seasons to shape something with purpose.
Meet Kelvin Crosby
I live with Usher Syndrome Type 2. I was born with hearing loss, and over time my vision has slowly faded. The best way I can describe what I see now is like looking through wax paper — light and shapes remain, but the details are harder to make out.
As my vision changed, life got heavier. I walked through addiction and survived suicide attempts while trying to understand what God was doing in the middle of the loss.
When I get behind the wheel and tell my story through clay, it brings healing every time. It’s a reminder that God is still shaping something beautiful out of my life.
The Good Potter
The Good Potter is a live pottery message where I shape a ball of clay while taking people on a journey through my life.
As the clay spins on the wheel, I walk through real challenges I’ve faced — suicide attempts, pornography addiction, losing my hearing, losing my vision, and wrestling with God’s plan while asking the question, Why? These moments aren’t shared to shock people, but to be honest about the darkness many of us carry.
As I shape the clay, people begin to see themselves in it — their own struggles, pain, and seasons of darkness, both past and present. We walk through Romans 5:3–4 together, watching the clay live out suffering, perseverance, and growth.
The clay doesn’t stay broken. It keeps turning on the wheel. Under pressure, it begins to change. What starts as a misshapen lump becomes something new — a finished piece that points to hope.
That’s the heart of The Good Potter: seeing how God can take suffering, shape perseverance, build character, and give hope — even when life hasn’t turned out the way we expected.
That question didn’t come with an easy answer.
It came with time, wrestling, and trust.
Over time, I began to see that God wasn’t explaining everything away — He was shaping something deeper.
Sometimes faith isn’t about answers.
It’s about staying on the wheel long enough to see what God can do.
If this story feels familiar, I’d be honored to walk through it with your church.
